CHAPTER FOUR
() Just a quick note before I begin: the "h" key isn't working too well, so if there's a word that should have an "h" in it but that doesn't, this's my excuse! ()
Song sat on her bed across from Link. Link was examining the room, quite surprised that the girl owned a sword, too, which was hanging on the wall in a leather sheath with gold at the top of the sheath and at the bottom.
"Nicely made," murmured Link, running his fingers over the hilt. The hilt was wooden but was bound with leather. The blade was metal with silver mixed in, and was three feet long. "What forger made this work of art?"
Song got up from her bed and opened a drawer. She pulled out a pamphlet and read aloud: "'Thank you for purchasing a Medieval Weaponry Art product!' I got it from www.mwart.com."
"Huh?" Link turned to look at the pretty girl.
"Internet," Song answered.
"Inter-what?"
"I'll show you." Song stood up and beckoned Link into the other room. They walked towards a small square on a table. Song opened up the square and pressed a button.
"This is called a laptop," explained Song. "It's a portable version of something called a computer. You can do amazing things on it. Link, imagine if you could just sit down at this contraption and not have to use a quill to write letters of stories. What if you could just write it and send it electronically?"
"That's absurd!" laughed Link.
"Absurd, yet true," Song pointed out as the computer started up. She clicked on a button and a "page" came up. Song clicked the button again and the same page came up.
"Why did ye click it twice?" asked Link. "What's that 'page'?"
"My homepage," explained Song. "Whenever I click this button to go on the 'Net, this page comes up. I clicked it twice because my homepage is the official 'site of my favorite band."
"What band?" asked Link. "My favorite band is the Indigo-gos. Have you ever heard of them?"
Song laughed. "Heard of them! I PLAYED with them...err, rather, I played as you playing with them."
Link's jaw dropped. "What! How?"
Song glanced at the computer and then got up. She headed back into her room to sit in front of a large box.
"This is called a television, a.k.a. tv," explained the girl. She pressed some buttons and the television and on a black machine next to the tv. Song held a green thing in her hands. "This is a controller. You, well, control stuff with it."
Link nodded. "Well named."
The music at the beginning of "Majora's Mask" started up. Song explained about the N64 and Majora's Mask while she played.
"Am I fake?" Link murmured.
Song looked around at Link, surprised. "F-FAKE?" Song pressed the "Start/Pause" button. "No, Link, not fake. I guess...Hyrule and Earth are very different planets. I guess that Earthlings thought that Hyrule could be a place that is/was real before Hylians did."
Song noticed Link's dejected expression and leapt up. She grabbed the telephone and shouted to Link, "I'm going to call Naiya and Akio over and we can play GameCube or N64! And they can sleep-over."
Link asked, "GameCube? And what's that in your hand?"
So Song explained what a phone was and what GameCube is. Link looked impressed. "How do you Earthlings think of this stuff?"
Song shrugged. "We just do."
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About half an hour later, Naiya and Akio arrived at Song's house.
"Link, how ya doing?" Akio called to the Hero.
"I am fine, thankee. And you?"
"'m doing good," replied Akio. "What's the life of a Hero like?"
Link thought for a moment, but it was Song who gave the casual answer: "Hero-ish."
Naiya and Akio cracked up laughing.
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After many hours of teaching Link about Earth, the boys has settled in the guest room and Song and Naiya were in Song's room.
"Hey, Naiya."
"Mmm?" Naiya was almost asleep.
"Your name sounds a lot like Nayru's."
"The Hylian Goddess?"
"Yep."
"Oh. 'Kay."
Song stayed silent for a few minutes, gazing at the ceiling, thinking about nothing in particular...
'Link,' she thought. 'Ah...Link.'
Song, not being able to get to sleep, got out of bed quietly and took her sword down from the wall. She decided to go out in the yard and practice with it.
After about fifteen minutes of practicing, Song sheathed her sword and turned around. She saw another figure.
"Link!" she cried in a whisper.
"Song?" Link squinted in the darkness. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Sword practice," explained Song. "You?"
"I was going to practice with my sword, too," Link mumbled.
"Then let's practice together," whispered Song, slowly holding herself in the en garde position. Link grinned and held himself the same way.
They dueled for a few minutes, having a couple of bouts. Song won one and Link won one. They decided to have one more to decide who the better sword- wielder was.
They fenced for a minute and then got into a swordlock, neither of them wanting to split it. They closed in on each other, their foreheads touching.
"I am the better sword-wielder, Song," whispered Link. "I am the Hero of Time, after all."
"Yes, but I am a girl," whispered Song.
"A beautiful one," Link murmured before he could help himself. Song's face lit up.
Link closed his eyes as did Song. Link leaned in closer, closing the gap between their lips.
Song broke the swordlock and the kiss by hitting Link in the stomach with her sword.
"I'm the better fencer." Song grinned. "But you're the better kisser."
Link grinned back and kissed Song again.
() Awwww how romantic... ()
() Just a quick note before I begin: the "h" key isn't working too well, so if there's a word that should have an "h" in it but that doesn't, this's my excuse! ()
Song sat on her bed across from Link. Link was examining the room, quite surprised that the girl owned a sword, too, which was hanging on the wall in a leather sheath with gold at the top of the sheath and at the bottom.
"Nicely made," murmured Link, running his fingers over the hilt. The hilt was wooden but was bound with leather. The blade was metal with silver mixed in, and was three feet long. "What forger made this work of art?"
Song got up from her bed and opened a drawer. She pulled out a pamphlet and read aloud: "'Thank you for purchasing a Medieval Weaponry Art product!' I got it from www.mwart.com."
"Huh?" Link turned to look at the pretty girl.
"Internet," Song answered.
"Inter-what?"
"I'll show you." Song stood up and beckoned Link into the other room. They walked towards a small square on a table. Song opened up the square and pressed a button.
"This is called a laptop," explained Song. "It's a portable version of something called a computer. You can do amazing things on it. Link, imagine if you could just sit down at this contraption and not have to use a quill to write letters of stories. What if you could just write it and send it electronically?"
"That's absurd!" laughed Link.
"Absurd, yet true," Song pointed out as the computer started up. She clicked on a button and a "page" came up. Song clicked the button again and the same page came up.
"Why did ye click it twice?" asked Link. "What's that 'page'?"
"My homepage," explained Song. "Whenever I click this button to go on the 'Net, this page comes up. I clicked it twice because my homepage is the official 'site of my favorite band."
"What band?" asked Link. "My favorite band is the Indigo-gos. Have you ever heard of them?"
Song laughed. "Heard of them! I PLAYED with them...err, rather, I played as you playing with them."
Link's jaw dropped. "What! How?"
Song glanced at the computer and then got up. She headed back into her room to sit in front of a large box.
"This is called a television, a.k.a. tv," explained the girl. She pressed some buttons and the television and on a black machine next to the tv. Song held a green thing in her hands. "This is a controller. You, well, control stuff with it."
Link nodded. "Well named."
The music at the beginning of "Majora's Mask" started up. Song explained about the N64 and Majora's Mask while she played.
"Am I fake?" Link murmured.
Song looked around at Link, surprised. "F-FAKE?" Song pressed the "Start/Pause" button. "No, Link, not fake. I guess...Hyrule and Earth are very different planets. I guess that Earthlings thought that Hyrule could be a place that is/was real before Hylians did."
Song noticed Link's dejected expression and leapt up. She grabbed the telephone and shouted to Link, "I'm going to call Naiya and Akio over and we can play GameCube or N64! And they can sleep-over."
Link asked, "GameCube? And what's that in your hand?"
So Song explained what a phone was and what GameCube is. Link looked impressed. "How do you Earthlings think of this stuff?"
Song shrugged. "We just do."
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About half an hour later, Naiya and Akio arrived at Song's house.
"Link, how ya doing?" Akio called to the Hero.
"I am fine, thankee. And you?"
"'m doing good," replied Akio. "What's the life of a Hero like?"
Link thought for a moment, but it was Song who gave the casual answer: "Hero-ish."
Naiya and Akio cracked up laughing.
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After many hours of teaching Link about Earth, the boys has settled in the guest room and Song and Naiya were in Song's room.
"Hey, Naiya."
"Mmm?" Naiya was almost asleep.
"Your name sounds a lot like Nayru's."
"The Hylian Goddess?"
"Yep."
"Oh. 'Kay."
Song stayed silent for a few minutes, gazing at the ceiling, thinking about nothing in particular...
'Link,' she thought. 'Ah...Link.'
Song, not being able to get to sleep, got out of bed quietly and took her sword down from the wall. She decided to go out in the yard and practice with it.
After about fifteen minutes of practicing, Song sheathed her sword and turned around. She saw another figure.
"Link!" she cried in a whisper.
"Song?" Link squinted in the darkness. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Sword practice," explained Song. "You?"
"I was going to practice with my sword, too," Link mumbled.
"Then let's practice together," whispered Song, slowly holding herself in the en garde position. Link grinned and held himself the same way.
They dueled for a few minutes, having a couple of bouts. Song won one and Link won one. They decided to have one more to decide who the better sword- wielder was.
They fenced for a minute and then got into a swordlock, neither of them wanting to split it. They closed in on each other, their foreheads touching.
"I am the better sword-wielder, Song," whispered Link. "I am the Hero of Time, after all."
"Yes, but I am a girl," whispered Song.
"A beautiful one," Link murmured before he could help himself. Song's face lit up.
Link closed his eyes as did Song. Link leaned in closer, closing the gap between their lips.
Song broke the swordlock and the kiss by hitting Link in the stomach with her sword.
"I'm the better fencer." Song grinned. "But you're the better kisser."
Link grinned back and kissed Song again.
() Awwww how romantic... ()